The Exhibitor (Nov 1948-Feb 1949)

NT4 THE EXHIBITOR BOXOFFICE STATEMENTS SPECIFY ITEM NO. B, S. 5 Printed on both sides so that complete factual totals for one day can be kept on one SVzx 5V2 inch sheet, each itemizes: 1. OPENING AND CLOSING TICKET NUMBERS 2. PASS AND WALK-IN TICKET NUMBERS 3. CASH TOTALS 4. TAX TOTALS 5. PROGRAM, WEATHER, AND OPPOSITION 6. SPACES FOR HOURLY TOTALS 7. MISCELLANEOUS INCOME AND DEPOSITS Made up in pads of 50 per pad, each sheet is punched for saving in a standard ring binder with the date at the lower right cofner for quick reference when filed. Price per pad: 25c each Or 10 pads for $2.00 All sales prepaid. Please send check, money order or stamps with order. Sold under money back guarantee. ALL SALES LIMITED TO THEATRES WHICH SUBSCRIBE TO "THE EXHIBITOR" SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 1 TR. (52 ISSUES) $2.00 FOREIGN $5.00 THE EXHIBITOR BOOK SHOP 1225 VINE STREET, PHILA. 7, PA. operate until Dec. 1 showing only on Sat¬ urdays and Sundays. LEONARDTOWN The first of a planned series of “Dis¬ covery Nights” was held at the New. Ma¬ nager Ray Trumbule had local contestants lined up. ...New frames have been installed at St. Mary's. LEXINGTON PARK Bulldozers and road equipment have been working to get the Park’s parking lot be¬ hind the theatre finished. Virginia RICHMOND The Virginia Travel Council announced that a new color film would be made in Virginia for distribution throughout the nation’s theatres. The picture will be pro¬ duced by Frank Polette, New York, and will feature sport highlights of the state, with production starting this month. Maurice Wolf, Boston, executive assis¬ tant to the director of public relations, MGM, was guest speaker at the luncheon meeting of the Lions Club at the John. Mar¬ shall Hotel. Wolf spoke on “Motion Pic¬ tures Are My Business”. Jimmy Heslep, relief manager. Neighbor¬ hood Theatre, Inc., resigned to devote all his time to his studies. He is a student at the University of Richmond.. ..John Zenner, manager, Westnampton, and his family spent a day visiting the restoration in Wil¬ liamsburg... William Frank, Bellevue, bought a new home on the Southside.. ..Gilbert Harless, Bellevue projectionist, is now living at Short Pump.... Stewart Tucker, State manager, and his brother, Ben, motor¬ ed up to Washington for the Redskin-Bos¬ ton Yankees football game. Jimmy Ritchie, manager. East End and Patrick Henry, has been visiting Fred¬ ericksburg regularly... .John Davis, East End staff, was married to Miss Doris Can¬ non on Nov. 2. Leroy Ford, Byrd, was sick for several days.... The Midlothian Drive-In is only operating four days a week, Thursday through' Sunday.... The Broadway Drive-In will close for the season around Dec. 1.... William Fox, projectionists’ business agent, and projectionists. East End, was sick. Bob Pulwiled subbing. ..R.S. Reams, Lynch¬ burg projectionist, was in town. The new Colonial, Galax, is expected to reopen about Dec. 15, according to Cecil Curtis, who is also building a new 550seat theatre in Independence. ...The Rex, Parksley, which formerly catered to color¬ ed, has been converted into a theatre for whites, and renamed the Park. The old Bee Dee, Martinsville, has been renamed the Martin, and is now under the management of W. Pritchett... ..Bill Michalson, 20th-Pox exploiter, was in.... Berio has installed a new candy and popcorn stand in the State. A. Frank O’Brien, city manager, and Floyd Stawls, advertising manager, PabianWilmer and Vincent Theatres, attenaed a meeting of the circuit in Harrisburg, Pa.... Prank Ponton was in from Dill wyn.... Edith THE EXHIBITOR will celebrate its 30th ANNIVERSARY in the issue of November 24 Watch For It! Lindeman, The Times Dispatch drama edi¬ tor, returned from New York. Captain Phifer and his Huskies were in between Norfolk and Roanoke ballyhooing “The Secret Land”, National.. ..We hear that the National will revert to stage shows for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s weeks. ...George Peters, assisted by Ernest Milburn, arranged a nice cam¬ paign on “Red River”, Loew’s....Dave Kamsky, ad manager. Neighborhood Thea¬ tre, Inc., also had a nice tieup with the daily papers on “Apartment For Peggy” when it played Byrd and State. One of the big department stores tied up with “The Loves of Carmen” using a large display ad in The Times Dispatch. -S.J. West Virginia KE YSER Newton B. Carskadon, prominent thea¬ tre owner, returned from John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md., where he under¬ went a series of treatments, Dave Baker, who recently opened his new Drive-In, Burlington, W.Va., was re¬ porting good business in spite of the ad¬ verse weather. The installation is located near Patterson’s Creek, and heavy fog has been settling just after the second per¬ formance begins. VARIETY CLUB TENT 11 WASHINGTON DC The Sunday Star recently carried a story on the Glaucoma Clinic at the Episcopal Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, giving credit to the Variety Club and its invaluable aid ....The tent held its annual Hallowe’en party on Oct, 30. ...On the sick list re¬ cently were Harry Coonin, Morgan Baer, and Gene Ford. Harold Wilson, president, Board of Trade, recently conferred in London with Ber¬ nard B. Kreisler, who is conducting the post-war survey of conditions in Europe. November 10, 1948